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||Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons (b. 26 November 1901) was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Pic. | ||Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons (b. 26 November 1901) was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Pic. | ||
|| | ||Sir Francis Harry Hinsley (b. 26 November 1918) was an English historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic. | ||
||1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years. | ||1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years. | ||
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||Ruth Moufang (d. November 26, 1977) was a German mathematician. | ||Ruth Moufang (d. November 26, 1977) was a German mathematician. | ||
||1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901) | |||
||1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport. | ||1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport. | ||
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1678: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan born. His observations and experiments will inspire the beginning of what will be known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.
2011: The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.